1. 2002年，一名4岁的小男孩患有耳聋，但他不愿意戴助听器，因为超级英雄们都不戴。之后，漫威（Marvel）创作了一个戴着助听器的蓝耳侠（Blue Ear）。

2. 'Nebraska' gets to the heart of Bruce Dern's prickly old geezer, Woody Grant, by way of a road trip across Montana and Nebraska, shot in radiant black-and-white. (Here again one of the movie's stars is its cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael.) Alexander Payne directed, flawlessly, from Bob Nelson's stellar script, which is all about thwarted love, and reconciliation, between Woody and his son Will; he's played with painfully quiet eloquence by Will Forte. Here's the American heartland as it's seldom portrayed on screen, with humor and almost palpable fondness.

3. The improvements in education levels mirrored the development of China's education system. Independent research into China's education situation showed that overall education development was better than the world average last year, Yuan Guiren, minister of education, said in March.

4. Everybody has heard by now that health care companies are promising hunting grounds for job seekers, and the New Year will see hiring perk up elsewhere, too.

5. 在毕业3年后的学员当中，男女毕业生薪资分别为9万美元和7.3万美元，相差近22%。刚完成学业时的男女毕业生薪资差距为17%，因此男女薪资差距随着时间推移而扩大（见图表）。

6. 再来看一下流失顾客的公司吧。

应用

1. In China, WeChat has also lured more high-end users, a group that Tencent hasn't traditionally had a strong hold over.

2. The school ranks first for alumni satisfaction.

3. 《丛林故事》将于2016年4月15日在全球上映。

4. 在周二晚上，史蒂芬·库里砍下37分，带领卫冕冠军以115比110艰难的击败了多伦多猛龙，豪取开赛12连胜。

5. 当然，劳动力市场的复苏一直是渐进的，并可能保持这种状况。就业增长速度就需要在目前基础上大大提高，才能让失业率真正大为改观。失业率虽然低于三年前的10%，现在仍然高达7.9%。[qh]

6. Turkey’s foreign ministry angrily rejected the EU criticism. “The EU should realise that the statement fuels extremism, such as xenophobia and anti-Turkish sentiments, because the call to refrain from excessive statements and actions that risk further exacerbating the situation is made only to Turkey, instead of the countries that caused this situation by violating diplomatic conventions and international law,” it said.

旧版特色

1. 自从该调查首次面世以来，香港已经连续第七年高居榜首了。

2. Forbes found 1,810 billionaires this year, down from last year's record of 1,826. The aggregate net worth of the billionaires was 6.48trillion dollars, 570billion dollars less than last year.

3. 1月份出口同比下滑6.6%至1.14万亿元人民币，而此前在去年12月份则曾增长2.3%。经济学家原本预计会增长3.6%。这是自去年7月下滑8.9%以来，出口出现的最大跌幅。